12.5.11 FORM Specifier

The FORM specifier asks whether a file is connected for formatted or unformatted data transfer. It takes the following form:

FORM = fm

fm
Is a scalar default character variable that is assigned one of the following values:

'FORMATTED'	If the file is connected for formatted data transfer
'UNFORMATTED'	If the file is connected for unformatted data transfer
'UNDEFINED'	If the file is not connected